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US postage stamp and shipping prices go up Sunday

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The U.S. Postal Service will increase stamp prices starting Sunday, a USPS representative confirmed to "Good Morning America." The cost of first-class stamps will rise from 66 cents to 68 cents for letters weighing one ounce or less. Package shipping costs will also increase by nearly six percent, with Priority Mail Express costs going up by 5.9 percent, Priority Mail increasing by 5.7 percent, and Ground Advantage going up 5.4 percent. Read More...

AI could disrupt the 2024 US presidential election. Whats Congress doing about it?

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Washington CNN  —  Artificial intelligence is already sowing chaos and confusion in US elections — from a bogus robocall impersonating President Joe Biden to a falsified hot-mic recording apparently designed to torpedo a Chicago mayoral campaign. The country urgently needs new laws to prevent deepfakes and other AI-created misinformation from overwhelming elections at an unprecedented scale, policy experts and US lawmakers warn. But with just nine months until Americans head to the ballot box, there are few signs Congress is ready to pass any meaningful legislation on AI. Read More...

DarkArbiter's WDS: CAT is 4 FITE

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Hey all, DarkArbiter here, and welcome to the second addtion to the Weekly Deck Spotlight series. For information on what will be entailed in this article, view my first WDS here. Recommended Videos If you follow the tournament scene in Hearthstone as I have, you’ll know that the Sunshine Open was held over a week ago. It was quite the turnout with thousands competing for the first place. The finals were quite interesting to watch and came down to two fairly big-named players; Impact, a Canadian player with a fairly decent tournament history, and Brian Kibler, a Magic: The Gathering pro player and game designer. Read More...